An Event Apart is not your father’s web design conference. It is a concentrated learning session featuring industry leaders and visionaries, with take-aways you can’t take away from other shows. Other events assume the narrowest of interests, forcing attendees to choose between “design” and “development” or other specialty tracks. An Event Apart is for the hybrid designer/developer whose skills are unique to the web. Thus, at An Event Apart, there is only one track. Everyone sits in the same room, learning the same things, at the same time.
- An Event Apart Seattle 2009 May 4–5, 2009 Bell Harbor Conference Center
- An Event Apart Boston 2009 June 22–23, 2009 Boston Marriott Copley Place
- An Event Apart Chicago 2009 Oct. 12–13, 2009 Sheraton Towers
- An Event Apart San Francisco 2009 Dec. 7–8, 2009 The Palace Hotel
Eric Meyer conducts the CSS Philharmonic Orchestra. Photo © studlyspam; used with permission. From the San Francisco 2008 Flickr group.
Who attends An Event Apart? Just what kind of people are you? A little under half of you call yourselves “designers.” An equal number prefer “developers.” IAs, UX pros, project managers, writer/editors, marketers, and, yes, clients attend as well.
What unites you despite your differences is that AEA attendees are passionate practitioners: people who get up every day eager to create great user experiences online. You don’t just make websites, you make them better.
AEA attendees, like other conference attendees, want to improve job skills and make new friends and business connections in an intense and fun environment. But unlike ordinary conference goers, AEA attendees have that gleam in their eye that comes from a belief that quality matters—that through advocacy and hard work, each of us can make a meaningful difference.
Past Events
Maybe it isn’t healthy to dwell on the past, but some memories are just too good to let go.
- Chicago–October 13–14, 2008
- San Francisco–August 18–19, 2008
- Boston–June 23–24, 2008
- New Orleans–April 24–25, 2008
- San Francisco–October 4–5, 2007
- Chicago–August 27–28, 2007
- Seattle–June 21st–22nd, 2007
- Boston–March 26–27, 2007
- Austin–November 6, 2006
- Seattle–September 18, 2006
- New York City–July 10–11, 2006
- Chicago–June 2nd, 2006
- Atlanta–April 3, 2006
- Philadelphia–December 5, 2005
BEYOND THE HORIZON
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“After seeing Zeldman speak at An Event Apart, I can really hear his voice come through [in his] book.” Rob Maurizi, designer
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